I am not sure why Josiah decided to fight against Egypt. It seems weird, but he of course had his reasons. It is a bummer that he had to die. He was just getting the nation back to worship God the way they are suppose to. Because of a possible poor decision, his sons becomes king and the first one died at the hand of Pharaoh. Then Jehoiakim becomes king, but he basically is doing whatever the Pharaoh wants him to do. As this passages is titled…The Pharaoh’s puppet! So once again the nation is lead by horrible un-Godly king.

Funny how the king wanted Jeremiah dead, but he was able to talk his way out of it. With a little help from the few around him and God. But this other prophet Uriah who was prophesying the same thing as Jeremiah ended up being put to death by Pharaoh. You know what I see going on here is the same thing we have been talking and reading about for months now. It is the vicious cycle of listening and obeying and then getting a new evil king to throw the nation off track once again. Even today we see this happening in our own nation or even in our own homes or churches. You know discipline from God has limits. He sets those for a reason, but His judgment does NOT! He punishes those people who know him. What do you think He will do to those who do not. Judgment will come onto those people too.